DIY kitchen set

Oddly enough, with all the latitude of offers in furniture stores, many people cannot choose the perfect kitchen furniture. Either the design of the kitchen set is not satisfied, or its cost.

In addition, very often, choosing a kitchen set for Khrushchev, a potential buyer faces certain inconsistencies of his needs and requests and what they offer him. Kitchen sets for small kitchens, often become objects of individual orders, the price of which is much higher than the cost of finished models. In such cases, in the presence of certain skills, knowledge and desires, it is advisable to make a kitchen set with your own hands.

Necessary tools and materials for the manufacture of a kitchen set with your own hands

1. Sheets of chipboard.
2. Accessories (awnings, holders for shelves, door handles, hooks, dryers for dishes, legs).
3. Roulette.
4. Simple pencil for marking.
5. Disk saw or hacksaw with small teeth for sawing parts.
6. Electric rubber (or just a rubble) for processing the edges and fitting parts.
7. Electric drill or screwdriver.
8. Drill (2 pcs.).
9. Shurups and self -tapping screws.
10. Manual milling machine.
11. Clamps for drilling nests for door awnings.
12. Screwdriver.
13. Sandpaper.

Secrets of creating cabinet furniture

The accuracy of measurements for creating a drawing. It is not necessary to know perfectly for how to make a drawing of a kitchen set, it is enough to draw a simple scheme that is understandable to you. Carefully and clearly measure in millimeters (this is fundamentally) all possible sizes and mark on the sketch. The patience and accuracy in creating details will play an important role in the subsequent stages of assembly and fitting ready -made modules and the entire kitchen set.

1. When marking parts on chipboard, it is important to leave 1-2mm allowance from the outer edges, for processing the edge. Do not forget about the 5-mm allowance between the individual details necessary to obtain the width of the cut at 3 mm.
2. We mark the parts only with a simple pencil from the inside. For the convenience of assembly and finishing, they can be numbered or signed. In this case, during installation, you will not be confused, wondering what details where to fix. Do not take all kinds of handles and markers for marking, as you risk spoiling the part. Such a mark can manifest itself even through the finishing coating.
3. Use, if there are power tools, which will greatly facilitate your work and require much less time.
4. All small horizontal and vertical details of the kitchen set are connected by self -tapping screws with large hats or with standard hats. The former, of course, look stronger and prettier. For attaching shelves of any width, you will need at least 2 screws or screws for working with wooden surfaces. If the shelf is wider than 0.5 m, then it is better to equip it with 3 mounts and, preferably, strengthen the strength of metal corners. By connecting individual parts of the cabinets with self -tapping screws with large hats, keep in mind that such hats can be on the same level in the walls of two neighboring modules. Then the distance between the neighboring parts of the headset must be increased to the double height of the hat. But, the easiest way, in such a situation, use classic screws, screwing them into the body of the wall.
5. The gap between the countertop and suspension boxes should be at least 65 cm.

The main stages of creating a kitchen set

  Creating a drawing

Actually, it can be a simple schematic plan of the kitchen set, the main thing is that it is clear to you. This is the basis of your successful work, so come to the implementation of this stage with all responsibility. Drawings of standard kitchen sets are presented below:

On the same sheet, list the names of all components of the structure, mark their number and fix the size of the parts of the kitchen set.  Duplicate all these notes on another sheet. Put in a reliable place in case the first sheet, in the process, will be lost. Immediately you can describe the main materials and plan of action, a kind of algorithm, telling in simple words how to make a kitchen set.

Acquisition of technical and finishing materials

Here you will be useful to you, previously made entries and calculations. Feel free to consult with managers and sellers of construction stores. They, having experience in such matters, will often give valuable advice and orient in the variety of samples presented. Plywood, veneer, whole array, chipboard - the main materials in the manufacture of kitchen furniture.  The latter is most in demand today, given its relatively small cost and ease of work.

Making parts

At this stage, it is important to show maximum accuracy and attentiveness.

1. On a sheet of chipboard, mark the parts with allowances.
2. Using cardboard templates, mark the location of all planned mounts, canopies and pens.
3. Drill through holes for placing handles.
4. On the inside of the doorbells using a milling cutter, make holes for the loops.
5. Using a disk saw, cut off the parts of the future furniture set.
6. Raproduce the sawing cutter from the inside of the sheet, then from the visible side of the edge will remain almost intact.
7. Get the facade doors, decorating them with voluminous figures. Here you will be helped by a manual milling machine and an electrician. Although, if you do not have the skills of handling these tools, it is easier to buy ready -made front panels with curly stamps.

Assembly of the kitchen set and installation of the main modules

• First, do a trial assembly. In its process, all measurement errors, errors and inaccuracies of sawing will be visible to you. For temporary assembly, take thin black screws, which should be 10mm shorter than those selected for the main installation. Start the assembly with the lower cabinets of the headset, attaching the side walls to the horizontal ones. Attach holders or screw screws to the side panels of the cabinets. At the height of the location of the drawers to the inner walls of the modules, the guides are strictly horizontally horizontally, taking into account the height of the boxes.

At the same stage, try inserting drawers into guide profiles and adjust the joints of the joints. Next, screw the legs, if any are provided for by the project. Then similarly collect the upper boxes.

• Remove and disassemble the design. Eliminate detected defects. Prepare the details for the decoration. Attach accessories and decorate the details in accordance with your plan.
• Make the final assembly, given all the corrections made during the experimental stage. To do this, take white self-tapping screws 55-60 mm long. Insert drawers.

Fastening the external facades

This operation is performed using ordinary furniture loops or canopies using self -tapping screws and screws.

Placement of the countertop

We attach this part to the side racks inside the closet for two corner profiles.  To facilitate the task, as a countertop, you can use finished products. But such a decision must be made in advance in order to take into account the dimensions of the finished slab in the drawing for the manufacture of a kitchen set.

PVC stove tabletop

The standard thickness of such a product is 20 mm. The plastic plate, however, is very unstable to the effects of elevated temperatures and melts under their influence. That is, this is not an option for furniture located near the hobs and ovens. You can’t put the hot pots and teapots on it. True, the end part of such a countertop does not need additional processing, it is enough to cover it with special plugs, which, sometimes, bribes it.

DSP countertop with a laminated surface

It can be made in two variations - 28 mm and 38 mm. The edges of such a countertop are thoroughly polished with sandpaper and twice process diluted furniture or parquet varnish.

Do -it -yourself countertop creation

How to make a countertop for a kitchen set yourself, if you consider the purchase of a finished product an unacceptable luxury?

• Drink a table cover from a sheet of chipboard.
• Cut from the same chipboard part equal to the length of the lid, 20-30 mm wide. This rail will hide the joints between the counter and the lid and visually make the countertop more powerful. This important part should be made of the same materials as the main part of the countertop, in order to avoid various deformations under the influence of temperature and humidity drops.
• Prigger this bar to the lid from below with the help of self -tapping screws, processing the place of contact with carpentry glue.
• Twist the upper front edge of the countertop to give the product greater strength and aesthetics.

The rear wall is mounted

Nit with small cloves in a pre -stained rear panel of fiberboard. The presence of this wall will increase the rigidity of the structure and finally adjust the corners between the details of the structure. It is necessary to take into account the location of the pipes and other communications, draining the holes in the rear panel under them.

We really hope that our instructions will help you in the implementation of your plans.